the president is on a new bus tour to north carolina and virginia. two key battle ground states. obama was able to turn blue in this past election. they're going to start breaking up in pieces. the jobs plan and hope that republicans can sign on to some of the parts of the president's jobs plan. but the white house still firmly believes that the jobs plan is popular with the american people. >> schieffer: do you think it has any chance, any part of it, any chance of passing, julianna? >> probably the element that has the best chance is getting that payroll tax cut extended that expires at the end of the year. the white house would like to see that extended on the employer side and on the employee side. as well. making the argument if republicans push back against that, then the white house can come back and say, hey, we're for more tax cuts now than the republicans are. >> schieffer: john, where do you think it goes. >> you probably do get something in the end. the question is, you know, do people look at this and say, you know, this is the minimum amount you can do. we don't giv